Rikuhu

Many Huana worship Berath as Rikuhu, the twin eel god that represents the cyclic connection between overworld and underworld, life and death. Rikuhu is often depicted with the two constituent eels: Kohopa, representing the overworld and life, and Tangaloa, who represents underworld and death, devouring one another by the tail.

In Huana folklore, Kohopa and Tangaloa were born before time existed, and each had an insatiable appetite. They began to devour all living things, and with each thing devoured, they became larger. When there were no living things left to eat, and the two eels were so enormous as to encompass all existence, they began to devour one another. Thus, all beings are perpetually passing through the digestive tracts of the two eels. When one reaches the end, it passes through the mouth of the next eel - the gateway to or from the underworld - and the next stage of existence begins. The notion of time is merely one's perception of the digestive process.